Bradbury
on Radio
Audio broadcasts of dramatisations and readings of Bradbury stories.
Some of these shows are available for download from the Internet
Archive. Click here
to learn more about their old-time radio collection. I will provide
links to other downloadable shows as and when I discover them. Unfortunately,
free MP3 download links disappear rather quickly.
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1946
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MOLLE
MYSTERY THEATRE
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32:
Killer, Come Back to Me
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May
17, 1946
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1947
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WORLD
SECURITY WORKSHOP
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"The
Meadow"
(scripted by Bradbury; the basis of his 1953 short
story of the same name)
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Jan
02, 1947
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1947-48
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STORIES
BY OLMSTED
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The
Night
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1947
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One
Timeless Spring
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1947
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The
Miracle of Jamie
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1948
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Powerhouse
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1948
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1947-60
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SUSPENSE
30min CBS
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271:
Riabouchinska download
from Archive.org
(script by Mel Dinelli, based on a story outline
by Bradbury, later developed into the short story "And So Died
Riabouchinska")
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Nov
13, 1947
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298:
Summer Night
(stars Ida Lupino)(script by Robert L. Richards,
based on "The Whole Town's Sleeping" - unpublished at
this date)
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Jul
15, 1948
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316:
The Screaming Woman download
from Archive.org
(stars Margaret O'Brien) (script by Sylvia Richards,
based on Bradbury's short story, which was unpublished at this date)
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Nov
25, 1948
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395:
The Crowd
(stars Dana Andrews) (script by Morton Fine &
David Friedkin)
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Sep
21, 1950
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587:
The Screaming Woman
(stars Sherry Jackson) (script by Sylvia Richards)
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Mar
1, 1955
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592:
Zero Hour
(stars Evelyn Ashdowne)
(script by Anthony Ellis - available online)
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Apr
05, 1955
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602:
The Whole Town's Sleeping
(stars Jeanette Nolan) (script credit unknown, but
possibly the same Robert L. Richards script as above)
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Jun
14, 1955
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606:
Kaleidoscope
(stars William Conrad) (script by Anthony Ellis)
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Jul
12, 1955
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751:
Zero Hour
(stars Evelyn Rudie)
(script credit unknown, but probably the same Anthony Ellis script
as above)
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May
18, 1958
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766:
The Whole Town's Sleeping
(stars Agnes Moorehead) (script credit unknown, but
possibly the same Robert L.Richards script as above)
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Aug
31, 1958
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834:
Zero Hour
(stars Francie Meyers)
writing credit given as "Written for Suspense by Ray
Bradbury"; the script is not the same Anthony Ellis
one as above)
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Jan
03, 1960
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1949
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RADIO
CITY PLAYHOUSE
30min NBC
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56:
The Lake
(script by Harry W.Junkin)
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Oct
16, 1949
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58:
The Wind
(script by Harry W.Junkin)
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Oct
30, 1949
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1950-51
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DIMENSION
X
30min NBC
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08:
To the Future download
from Archive.org
(script by Ernest Kinoy)
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May
27, 1950
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11:
There Will Come Soft Rains/Zero Hour download
from Archive.org
(script by George Lefferts)
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June
17, 1950
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14:
Mars is Heaven download
from Archive.org
(script by Ernest Kinoy)
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Jul
07, 1950 (rebroadcast as programme 33 Jan 07, 1951
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20:
The Martian Chronicles download
from Archive.org
(script by Ernest Kinoy)
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Aug
18, 1950
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26:
And the Moon Be Still As Bright download
from Archive.org
(script by Ernest Kinoy)
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Sep
29, 1950
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40:
Dwellers in Silence download
from Archive.org
(script by George Lefferts)
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Jul
19, 1951
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43:
The Veldt download
from Archive.org
(script by Ernest Kinoy)
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Aug
09, 1951
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46:
Marionettes, Inc. download
from Archive.org
(script by George Lefferts)
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Aug
30, 1951
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48:
Kaleidoscope download
from Archive.org
(script by George Lefferts)
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Sep
15, 1951
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1950-53
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ESCAPE
30min CBS
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125:
Mars Is Heaven
(script by Morton Fine & David Friedkin)
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Jun
02, 1950
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158:
The Earth Men
(script by Walter Newman)
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Jul
25, 1951
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215:
Zero Hour
(script by Anthony Ellis)
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Oct
04, 1953
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1951
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LIGHTS
OUT
30min NBC
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Zero
Hour
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Jul
23, 1951
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1952
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NBC
SHORT STORY
30min NBC
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26:
The Rocket
(script by Ernest Kinoy)
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Jan
04, 1952
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1953
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THINK/ABC
RADIO WORKSHOP
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1:
Mars Is Heaven
(adapted by Morton Fine & David Friedkin - this
is a shortened version of the script used for the Escape
episode in 1950. It also has an ending which reflects "The
Third Expedition" from The Martian Chronicles rather
than the short story "Mars is Heaven".)
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Mar
16, 1953
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1954
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THE
GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN
75min (4 x 15min) BBC Home Service
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The
Flying Machine
Golden Kite, Silver Wind
The Great Wide World Over There
The Meadow
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Aug
03 to Aug 06, 1954
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1955
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X
MINUS ONE
30min NBC
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1:
And The Moon Be Still As Bright download
from Archive.org
(script by Ernest Kinoy)
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Apr
22, 1955
(and rebroadcast as episode 20, Sep 22, 1955)
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4:
Mars is Heaven download
from Archive.org
(script by Ernest Kinoy - available online)
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May
8, 1955
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13:
The Veldt download
from Archive.org
(script by Ernest Kinoy)
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Aug
04, 1955
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25:
Dwellers in Silence download
from Archive.org
(script by George Lefferts)
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Nov
10, 1955
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27:
There Will Come Soft Rains/Zero
Hour download
from Archive.org
(script by George Lefferts)
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Nov
23, 1955
(and rebroadcast as programme 78 Dec 05, 1956)
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29:
To The Future download
from Archive.org
(script by Ernest Kinoy)
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Dec
14, 1955
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30:
Marionettes, Inc. download
from Archive.org
(script by George Lefferts)
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Dec
21, 1955
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1956
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CBS
RADIO WORKSHOP
30min CBS
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4:
Season of Disbelief/Hail and Farewell
(includes introduction written and read by Bradbury;
scripts by Anthony Ellis)
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Feb
17, 1956
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1959
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THIRTY
MINUTE THEATRE
30min BBC Light Programme
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The
Veldt
The Fox and the Forest
(scripts by Jack Pulman)
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Mar
05, 1959
Jul 28, 1959
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1962
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There
Will Come Soft Rains
25min BBC Third Programme
Adapted and produced by Nesta Pain
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Sep
12, 1962
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1968
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SF68
(South Africa)
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A
Sound of Thunder
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1968
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1968
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Leviathan
99
90min BBC Radio 3
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May
03, 1968
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197?
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Summer
Raptures of Ray Bradbury
90 minutes (Canadian)
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197?
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1971
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STUDIO
71
(Canadian)
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Fahrenheit
451
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Mar
04, 1971
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1971
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There
Will Come Soft Rains
20min BBC Radio 4
Adapted by Nesta Pain
Produced by Dickon Reed
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Oct
08, 1971
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1973-5
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THE
UNKNOWN WORLD
30min BBC World Service
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Series
3, episode 4: The Fox and the Forest
Series 5, episode 5: Here There Be Tygers
(story readings)
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Apr
28, 1973
Oct 2, 1975
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1973
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EXPERIMENT
IN DRAMA
1 x ??min NBC
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Zero
Hour |
Aug
27, 1973
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1973
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CBC
PLAYHOUSE: Bradbury Times Five
5 x 30min CBC
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1:
Frost and Fire
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Nov
12, 1973
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2:
The Lonely One
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Nov
19, 1973
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3:
The Veldt
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Nov
26, 1973
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4:
The Day It Rained Forever
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Dec
03, 1973
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5:I
Sing The Body Electric
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Dec
10, 1973
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c.1974
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THE
WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION
? x c.15min
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The
Best of All Possible Worlds
Read by Michael Hansen
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c.1974
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1974-76
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FUTURE
TENSE
??min WMUK, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Zero
Hour
(script credit unknown, but probably re-used the
George Lefferts script from Dimension X/X Minus One)
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9
May, 1974
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An
Imbalance of Species (based on “A Sound of Thunder”)
(script by John Scott)
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July
1976
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Mars
Is Heaven
(script credit unknown, but probably by John Scott)
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July
1976
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[Information
source: http://www.oldtime.us/otrlogs2/ft1.log.txt ]
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1974
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Marionettes
Inc
15min BBC Radio 4
Adapted by John Bay, produced by John Tydeman
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Dec
8, 1974
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1975-77
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MIND
WEBS
? x c.15min WHA Madison
Read by Michael Hansen
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8:
Kaleidoscope
37: The Gift/The Star
115: The Fog Horn
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1975
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CHICAGO
RADIO THEATER
??min NETWORK???
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To
The Chicago Abyss
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May
11, 1975
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1976
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NORMAN
CORWIN SPECIAL
2 x ??min NPR
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Forever
And The Earth (adapted by Bradbury)
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July
02, 1976
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Great
Conflagration Up At The Place (adapted by Bradbury)
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July
02, 1976
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1976
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SPIDER'S
WEB
? x 30min Mind's Eye/NPR
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The
Halloween Tree (in 5 episodes) |
Oct 25 1976
to Oct 29 1976
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1977
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ADVENTURE
THEATER
30min American Forces Radio and Television Network
(Re-packaged re-runs of 1950s radio dramas)
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"The
Whole Town's Sleeping"
(re-run of Suspense episode starring Jeanette Nolan)
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1977
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"Zero
Hour"
(re-run of Suspense episode starring Evelyn Ashdowne)
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1977
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1977
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August
2026: There Will Come Soft Rains
20min BBC Radio 4
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May
11, 1977
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1982
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Fahrenheit
451
90min BBC Radio 4
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Nov
13 1982
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1984
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BRADBURY
13 download
from Twilight Zone Radio.com
13 x 30min NPR
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00
Press conference/interview
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1984
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01
"The Ravine"
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Apr
2, 1984
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02
"Night Call, Collect"
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Apr
9, 1984
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03
"The Veldt"
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Apr
16, 1984
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04
"There Was An Old Woman"
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Apr
23, 1984
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05
"Kaleidoscope"
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Apr
30, 1984
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06
"Dark They Were And Golden Eyed"
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May
7, 1984
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07
"The Screaming Woman"
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May
14, 1984
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08
"A Sound Of Thunder"
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May
21, 1984
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09
"The Man"
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May
28, 1984
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10
"The Wind"
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Jun
4, 1984
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11
"The Fox and The Forest"
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Jun
11, 1984
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12
"Here There Be Tygers"
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Jun
18, 1984
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13
"The Happiness Machine"
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Jun
25, 1984
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1984
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October
Country
??min ABC Radio
(Special featuring Bradbury interview
with adaptation of "There Was An Old Woman", "The
Emissary", "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone"
and other stories.)
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Oct
31, 1984
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1984
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VANISHING
POINT
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6:
The Playground
(script credit unknown)
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Nov
02, 1984
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1985
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Something
Wicked This Way Comes
60min Creative Media Consultants 1985, adapted from the
1983 Disney film.
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1985
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1986
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GHOST
STORY
5 x 15min BBC Radio 4
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2: The Crowd
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Dec
30, 1986
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1988
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FUTURE
IMPERFECT
5 x 15min BBC World Service
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5: A Piece of
Wood
(story reading)
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June
05, 1988
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1989
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SCI-FI
RADIO
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Frost
and Fire (part 1)
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Oct
29, 1989
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Frost
and Fire (part 2)
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Nov
05, 1989
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c.
1990
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Any
Friend of Nicholas Nickelby's is a Friend of Mine
60min California
Artists Radio Theater
Produced and directed by Peggy Webber
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1991
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THE
GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN
8 x 15min BBC Radio 5
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1:
The Golden Apples of the Sun
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Jan
28, 1991
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2:
Hail and Farewell
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Jan
28, 1991
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3:
The Flying Machine
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Jan
31, 1991
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4:
The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
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Jan
31, 1991
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5:
A Sound of Thunder
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Apr
02, 1991
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6:
The Murderer
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Apr
02, 1991
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7:
The April Witch
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Jul
02, 1991
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8:
The Fog Horn
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Jul
02, 1991
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1991
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Kaleidoscope
30min BBC Radio 4
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Aug
28, 1991
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1991
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The
Smile
15min BBC Radio 4
Read by Peter Whitman
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Dec
03 , 1991
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1992
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FEAR
ON FOUR
30min BBC Radio 4
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35:
The Next in Line (download
from Vicandsade.net)
(script by Brian Sibley, based on the Bradbury story)
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Dec
31, 1992
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1994
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The
Shoreline at Sunset
15min BBC Radio 4
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Apt
19, 1994
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1995
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A
75th Birthday Tribute to Ray Bradbury
90min California
Artists Radio Theater
Including extracts from The Martian Chronicles, Dandelion Wine,
The Illustrated Man, "The Pedestrian", Death is
a Lonely Business and "The Beggar on O'Connell Bridge"
Produced and directed by Peggy Webber
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1995-
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Tales
of the Bizarre
30min BBC Radio 4
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01:
Night Call Collect
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Dec
07, 1995
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02:
Have I Got A Chocolate Bar For You
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Dec
14, 1995
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03:
The Jar
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Dec
21, 1995
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04:
The Fruit At The Bottom of the Bowl
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Dec
28, 1995
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05:
I Sing The Body Electric!
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Jan
04, 1996
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06:
Skeleton
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Jan
11, 1996
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07:
The Man Upstairs
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Nov
20, 1997
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08:
Jack in the Box
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Nov
27, 1997
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09:
The Scythe
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Dec
04, 1997 |
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10:
The Wind
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Dec
11, 1997 |
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11:
And So Died Riabouchinska
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Dec
18, 1997 |
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12:
The Day it Rained Forever
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Dec
25, 1997 |
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2000
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An
80th Birthday Tribute to Ray Bradbury
90min California
Artists Radio Theater
Including extracts from "Silent Towns" from The Martian Chronicles,
"A Sailor Home from the Sea" from The Machineries of Joy,
"The Ravine", "The Anthem Sprinters," and the ancient Irish
poem "An Ode."
Produced and directed by Peggy Webber
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2000
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2000x
Hollywood Theater of the Ear/NPR
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7:
Pillar of Fire (dramatised by Dennis Etchison & Yuri Rasovsky)
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May
16, 2000
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2003
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Fahrenheit
451
60min BBC Radio 4
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July
05, 2003
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2004
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WALKING
STORIES
5x 15min BBC Radio 4
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5:
The Pedestrian
Read by David Horovitch
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Aug
20, 2004
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2006
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RADIOWEST
30min KUER-FM
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Zero
Hour
Performed by Plan
B Theatre Company
Adapted by Anthony Ellis (uncredited) - this is the script that
Ellis wrote for Suspense (1955).
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Oct
31, 2006
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????
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THEATER
10:30
(Canadian)
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Dandelion
Wine, Part 1: The Happiness Machine
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unknown
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Dandelion
Wine, Part 2: The Time Machine
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unknown
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Dandelion
Wine, Part 3: Miss Helen Loomis
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unknown
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Dandelion
Wine, Part 4: Mr. Jonas and Grandpa
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unknown
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The
Beast (based on “The Fog Horn”)
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unknown
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The
Pedestrian
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unknown
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